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I think that Week 1 is almost 100% going to be the Titans - give us a bit of a cupcake before making us go the short week on the road against a divisional opponent

But is Rick O'Leary available? I heard that he was related to a famous golfer or something?

I am not a fan of John Parry - but experimenting with something that helps head coaches be better on game day can only be a positive

Sugar is one of the basic enjoyments of life that go against "the process"

I think that a Center is actually very realistic - thinking that they're going into the season with McGovern at Center and sliding Edwards in as a starter at guard isn't something that Beane would just be OK with - meaning that they're targeting a high draft pick to either come in and start right away, or at least by mid-season

I'm willing to bet that Reggie Gilliam doesn't even make the team, let alone get a "C"

I mean, they're not terrible, but the first thought I had is that the horizontal stripes aren't going to be too flattering to the offensive linemen

Don't worry, Saleh isn't going to make his way past Black Monday this coming season. He's as done and cooked as any coach could be

Another team trying to look like they belong in the Arena league

I thought that he was just going to drill another oil well instead??

All of this being said, I still might give credence to the thought of having Belichick replace McDermott after this season It's not a pretty thought, and there'd be plenty of conflict - but give the guy a superstar QB like Josh Allen and he might just figure out the rest of it faster than Beane and McDermott have been able to

Yup, except I'm betting that at least 499,995 of those others don't carry the ticket stub around in their wallets as proof

That’s why I keep the ticket stub n my wallet to prove it

I'll always associate 14 with Frank Reich - having sat in the stands that amazing day in January 1993

Aaron Maybin

Houston had a fun run last year as a surprise team with no expectations, playing a lot of non-primetime games and in a division where the other 3 teams basically tripped over themselves. Sure - Stroud had an excellent year and comported himself well, but the next step is the harder one. Let's see how they develop once they start to face a much harder schedule, with more media coverage, expectations, etc - before we all start to listen to the talking heads anoint them as the next best thing and a true title contender

It's all part of Beane's yearly cycle of having more reserve experienced OL than we can reasonably keep. Then trade the guys on the fringe for future draft picks

Excellent write-up by the OP I agree that we do have an opportunity to be better next year - both with the young guys getting more targets, but also with an offseason to implement Brady's full scheme. I also think that there's a big opportunity to get more speed into the equation as well - something that we've missed since we had McKenzie. I'd like to see more motion, jet sweeps, all that fun stuff that I think really wasn't there last year. I think Samuel adds a dimension of that unpredictability so hopefully we get more of an infusion of that in the draft too.

I don't think it's any more nuts than our expectations were last year. All we need is a ticket to the playoffs, for the defense to show up, and for Josh to play like Josh The rest will sort itself out - and losing Diggs really doesn't impact the feasibility of winning it all in 2024

Do folks just not understand that we won 6 straight games at the end of the year with Diggs pretty much being a non-factor? The whole "we just gave up on 2024" narrative is just ridiculous given the weapons that we still have (and still have a draft and FA to acquire), plus another year of prime Josh Allen on the team Frankly, I'm super glad that Beane made the hard decision NOW rather than go through another season of declining production, and off-field drama, while taking targets away from a younger receiving crew

That sounds unlikely - so they're moving bye weeks to be that late in the season just to accommodate Christmas Day games?

You only trade a future first-round pick to move up for one position - and it isn't WR

At this point, no one should be surprised by the combined greed of the Shield coinciding with their complete disregard for player safety or the fans

The Curtis Samuel signing looks better and better each day

We're going to sign a veteran safety at some point soon - that way Beane can fully hedge his bets in the draft Especially since there's a lot of unsigned guys out there that at some point, the prices will start to come down Heck - even Hyde might decide to come back and can be had at a relatively low price That way, they can draft a safety in the middle rounds and ease him into dime looks and ST to start